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president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state function. education is only funded by the federal government by about 7%. i think in a way the president could get buy in on his pre-k plan is if he were to stug as a school choice program -- suggest it as a school choice program. parents could have vouch force send their child to any pre-k program of their choosing, i think you might see conservatives backing that. >> yeah. the argument may be that the funding is not going in the correct place and maybe won't help as many kids as planned. maria, what's your take? >> here's the issue with what amy said. first of all, it is what the presid
president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state...
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he shares a lot of president obama's views. a lot of the questions focused on iraq, a war that has ended, and not on afghanistan which is where a lot of questions are -- >> yeah, that has been some of the criticism. that it was looking backward instead of looking forward. and as far as mccain goes, they got into it over that surge in iraq. and the surge of troops in iraq and afghanistan. does the former republican senator, does he have enough support do you think to get the job? >> well, chuck hagel's hearing, i think inept would be a generous word to describe. it of course they're going to pour through the senator's statements and decisions to discern and ascertain his judgment on really crucial, crucial matters facing our country in terms of national security. we want the sharpest knife in the drawer at the pentagon. that's the job description. he's not going to the department of the interior. in terms of whether or not republicans will vote to confirm him, democrats need to hold together and get five republicans to confirm h
he shares a lot of president obama's views. a lot of the questions focused on iraq, a war that has ended, and not on afghanistan which is where a lot of questions are -- >> yeah, that has been some of the criticism. that it was looking backward instead of looking forward. and as far as mccain goes, they got into it over that surge in iraq. and the surge of troops in iraq and afghanistan. does the former republican senator, does he have enough support do you think to get the job? >>...
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president obama said it's not just a gun issue here. it's also an issue of community, responsibility. he also spoke about one of chicago's victims of gun violence, 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> remember hadiya was gunned down days after performing at one of the president's inauguration events. her parents were at yesterday's speech as well as tuesday's state of the union address. the bail hearing for olympic track star oscar pistorius is set for tuesday. until then he will be spending his weekend in a south african ja jail. double amputee known as blade runner is charged with murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. his attorney says oscar pistorius denies the allegation. >>> da-14 asteroid is long gone by now. this is what it looked like through a high-powered telescope. it passed relatively close to the earth yesterday afternoon. close is estimated around 17,000 miles, tho
president obama said it's not just a gun issue here. it's also an issue of community, responsibility. he also spoke about one of chicago's victims of gun violence, 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> remember hadiya was gunned down days after performing at one of the president's inauguration events. her parents were at yesterday's...
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yesterday the obama administration urged the court to strike down doma. but the question is here, does the administration's position carry any weight with the court? maria? >> well, i think it does because clearly what we've seen is not just a change from this administration and from this president, but a change from the american people about where society is headed. i mean, let's make no mistake about this. we are talking about civil rights, about human rights, about the way that people are treated. and we're talking about going toward a place where those folks are treated equally, where our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters are able to enjoy the same rights as everyone else. and so i do think while they may not have huge standing in terms of making sure that -- that their decision is part of where the supreme court is going on this, i do think that it will have -- it will sway and it will be taken into consideration. >> amy? >> well, the doma case in front of the supreme court will be decided on its merits. i hope it's not decided based on the suprem
yesterday the obama administration urged the court to strike down doma. but the question is here, does the administration's position carry any weight with the court? maria? >> well, i think it does because clearly what we've seen is not just a change from this administration and from this president, but a change from the american people about where society is headed. i mean, let's make no mistake about this. we are talking about civil rights, about human rights, about the way that people...